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Films like Oh Boy.

Oh Boy (2012) reads as Neutral, steady, gentle comedy / drama, grounded in texture. Ambivalent, intimate, measured. Every film below is ranked by distance across the same twelve hand-scored axes — with what it keeps, and where it walks away. Not a genre dump.

While We're Young (2015) poster
1. While We're Young2015

Keeps the heightened unreality and the cold, bleak undertow — one of the nearest reads in the catalogue.

Carmina or Blow Up (2012) poster
2. Carmina or Blow Up2012

Keeps the heightened unreality and the cold, bleak undertow; trades toward a patient, unhurried pace.

25 Watts (2001) poster
3. 25 Watts2001

Keeps the heightened unreality and the intimate, personal stakes; trades toward a patient, unhurried pace.

Appropriate Behavior (2015) poster
4. Appropriate Behavior2015

Keeps the heightened unreality and the cold, bleak undertow — one of the nearest reads in the catalogue.

Bernie (2012) poster
5. Bernie2012

Keeps the heightened unreality and the cold, bleak undertow; trades toward a patient, unhurried pace.

The Diary of a Teenage Girl (2015) poster
6. The Diary of a Teenage Girl2015

Keeps the heightened unreality and the cold, bleak undertow; trades toward a bone-dry seriousness.

Obvious Child (2014) poster
7. Obvious Child2014

Keeps the heightened unreality and the cold, bleak undertow — one of the nearest reads in the catalogue.

Striding into the Wind (2020) poster
8. Striding into the Wind2020

Keeps the heightened unreality and the cold, bleak undertow — one of the nearest reads in the catalogue.

Submarine (2011) poster
9. Submarine2011

Keeps the heightened unreality and the cold, bleak undertow; trades toward a patient, unhurried pace.

Let Them All Talk (2020) poster
10. Let Them All Talk2020

Keeps the heightened unreality and the cold, bleak undertow — one of the nearest reads in the catalogue.

Granny's Funeral (2012) poster
11. Granny's Funeral2012

Keeps the heightened unreality and the patient, unhurried pace; trades toward a cold, bleak undertow.

Sleepwalk with Me (2012) poster
12. Sleepwalk with Me2012

Keeps the heightened unreality and the intimate, personal stakes; trades toward a cold, bleak undertow.

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